Reptilia - Testudines - Pantrionychidae

Synonym: Plastomenoides lamberti Hutchison 2009

Full reference: W. G. Joyce, A. Revan, T. R. Lyson and I. G. Danilov. 2009. Two new plastomenine softshell turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 50(2):307-325

Belongs to Hutchemys according to N. S. Vitek and W. G. Joyce 2015

See also Hutchison 2009 and Joyce et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Aspideretes nassau, Hutchemys acupictus, Hutchemys arctochelys, Hutchemys sterea, Hutchemys tetanetron, Hutchemys walkerorum

Type specimens:

• Hutchemys rememdium: YPM PU 16795, a skeleton. Its type locality is Medicine Rocks Site 1, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.
• Plastomenoides lamberti: YPM (PU) 16795, a partial skeleton (plastron and carapace+limbs and girdle). Its type locality is Traweek Ranch, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.